Soon, the three began to take action. It turned out that the clown was able to gain an advantage in the early stage just because he caught them off guard. Even Bruce did not expect that his old enemy would find this place, so at the beginning, they
It was a bit embarrassing being chased by the agents.
But this situation only lasted for a very short period of time. Even if the Joker controlled the monitoring equipment like a cheating device, it was still difficult to resist the cooperation of Bruce, Lex and Clark.
Bruce is both offensive and defensive, Lex is invincible in intelligence, and Clark is invulnerable. Although they are all youth versions that have not fully grown up, when these three people work together, even if ordinary agents have powerful weapons in their hands, it will be difficult to deal with them.
Soon, the agents chasing them were spun around by the delay in surveillance and communication, and most of them were knocked unconscious.
However, escaping the tracking of agents is not their primary goal. Now they have a common goal, which is to investigate the underground of the manor.
Bruce wants to deal with the Joker, Clark wants to find the source of radiation that will affect him and possibly Metropolis, and Lex wants to find the treasure and what Schiller left behind. Although the three people have different goals in detail,
, but the big goal remains the same, which is to go underground first.
But if you want to go underground, you must first find the entrance. The entrance must be on the ground floor, which is the first floor.
The structure of the first floor of the entire manor is different from that of the other floors. There is a banquet hall in the middle. Going to both sides are two gates that can shuttle to the central courtyard. However, there are also other buildings on both sides. Among these buildings
There are also other rooms, which few of us have ever explored.
The main building of the mayor's official residence is very large. It is not a private manor. If they want to fully explore this place, if the three of them stay together, it will probably take a whole day, so for the sake of efficiency, the three of them decided to split up.
action.
This is also well-founded. The vast majority of the agents have been eliminated by them on other floors. The remaining ordinary agents on the first floor are all performing their duties. They did not receive any special orders to deal with anyone. They just
Patrolling their respective posts.
Both Bruce and Lex have official identities, and they can get over once they are hit. Not to mention Clark, he is very fast, and the agents may not be able to see him, so even if they separate, they can't.
It would be too dangerous.
The only problem is that Bruce and Lex cannot completely trust each other. When making this decision, Bruce first said: "You must promise me that if you find the entrance first, you must notify us instead of going down alone.
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"Even if I promise, will you believe it? I don't believe you either."
Lex also stared at his face and said that when two extreme skeptics meet together, they do not trust anything the other says or does.
"Please! Is now the time to talk about this?"
"There may be a huge radiation source underground in the largest building in the metropolis! Once it is completely leaked, the entire city will be in danger!" Clark said very helplessly.
What the two of them wanted to say, Clark stretched out his hand to stop them, and then said: "Don't forget, that madman is still looking at us. If we start a fight right here, he will definitely laugh very happily!"
Clark's original intention was just to tell the two of them not to be laughed at by others, and not to hate relatives and hate enemies. However, it has to be said that he has an innate talent in interacting with people. His words It just struck a chord with Bruce.
After knowing that the person might be the clown, Bruce became more vigilant. He was now a little allergic to the words "madman" and "laughter". When these two words came out of Clark's mouth , Bruce seemed to hear the crazy laughter ringing in his ears.
He could almost imagine how heartily the clown sitting in the control room would laugh after watching a few people argue. As soon as he thought of this, Bruce felt the corners of his mouth cramp up, and he immediately said:
"We can cooperate temporarily and start taking action immediately."
After saying that, he turned around and left, as if he didn't want to waste another second. Lex snorted coldly, looked at his leaving figure, and said to Clark in a low tone: "There is an astonishing darkness behind him, even if he No matter how righteous you act, don’t forget that he is from Gotham..."
"Gotham is full of lunatics."
After the words fell, he also left, leaving Clark alone. Clark scratched his head and shrugged, as if he didn't quite understand the hint in Lex's tone.
In fact, he was very uncomfortable with this kind of communication between smart people, and he didn't want to think carefully about the hints in and out of words. During the process of communicating with Bruce and Lex, Clark always felt a little stupid.
After being separated from the two of them, Clark relaxed a little. He chose a different direction and walked in a different direction from the two of them, passing through the banquet hall and all the way to the east corridor.
Clark thought that the door to the underground should not be in the corridor, but must be hidden in a certain room, so he planned to use the exhaustive method to check room by room.
He pushed open the door of the first room. It was a very ordinary utility room. No one had opened the door for a long time. When he opened the door, a puff of dust came over. Clark waved his hand and walked in. I checked it later and found nothing.
The same was true for the next few rooms, and Clark couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Furthermore, this dark corridor became quieter and quieter as he walked in, with only the window at the end letting out cold light.
In an extremely quiet atmosphere, people will involuntarily slow down their thinking speed and at the same time strengthen their senses. Just when Clark was undergoing such a change, suddenly, a piercing phone bell rang from a room in front of him.
Clark frowned and walked over. After opening the door, he saw an empty guest room. At this time, the phone on the phone station was ringing. After Clark picked up the phone, he said to the other end: "Hello... "
"Hello."
After the other person finished speaking, there was silence for a while, and Clark asked with some confusion: "Hello, who are you? Why are you calling?"
"Are you Clark?"
"Uh, I am, what's wrong?"
"Do you know Lex?"
"Who are you?" Clark asked warily.
"I am a resident living on the fifth floor, and I am also a participant invited to this banquet. Listen, Clark..." The tone of the other person's voice was a little low.
"But at the same time, I am also a CIA agent conducting a covert mission. I have encountered some troubles. I hope you can help me."
Clark's brows furrowed as soon as he heard the word agent. As soon as he refused, the person on the other end said, "I know you may have had friction with other agents, but we are not in the same group."
"I came to Metropolis a long time ago and lurked down in order to investigate the anomalies of the Luther Group. We suspect that the serial murders that occurred in Metropolis some time ago may be related to people from the Luther Group."
"Before, our investigation made no progress. Since Lionel Luther was the organizer of this banquet, I came here to pursue more clues."
"After a night of investigation, we have grasped clues about the murderer. He is most likely to be Lionel Luther's son, Lex Luther."
"Usually, he appears as an autistic patient just to lower other people's vigilance towards him. In fact, he does not suffer from autism. On the contrary, he is a highly intelligent criminal and an evil genius."
Clark was about to open his mouth to refute, but the person opposite continued to speak quickly: "I know you don't believe it, but we already have the evidence. If you go to the bathroom of the reception room now, you can see Lionel.
Luther's body."
"He was killed by his son himself, and Lex also cut his father's body into pieces with his own hands."
"Now, I hope you can go to that bathroom and take away some of Lionel's tissue fragments to keep as evidence so that they can be used to charge Lex with murder in the future."
"How is this possible?" Clark said in a tone of extreme disbelief: "Why did he kill his father? And cut him into pieces? He is not this kind of person."
Clark really didn't believe it. After a brief contact with Lex, he felt that although this man was very conceited, he was worthy of his name. Because Clark grew up in a small town, he didn't know much about serial murders. In his impression,
The serial murderers are all perverts with fleshy faces and fangs.
However, Lex is relatively thin and has a childish face. He looks like a child, and his words and actions are basically in line with the logic of a normal person. He does not appear evil or crazy. Clark does not think that he is a child at all.
Serial murderer.
Not to mention, the person on the phone actually said that Lex killed his biological father and cut him into pieces. How could a high school student do such a cruel thing?
"Clark, you have to know that the reason why many murderers are not easy to be arrested is because they have very confusing disguises, and that's what I do."
"I said, if you don't believe it, you can go to the scene and have a look. If things are really different from what I said, you don't have to help me, and I can't force you."
The man's tone was very sincere. He said: "When you were fighting with the agents, I heard what you said in the room. You are a hero who is willing to speak out for ordinary people. Therefore, I used the limited time to contact you."
you."
"I have checked your information. I know that you are just a college student. You have no obligations or responsibilities to carry out such dangerous work. But, Clark... I beg you to help me."
"Of course, if you really think it's too dangerous, you don't have to go. I won't force a child to go to the battlefield..."
"As far as I know, Lex did not commit the crime alone. He must have accomplices. They will most likely find me soon. I don't have much time... Goodbye, Clark."
After hanging up the phone, Clark had a troubled expression on his face.
He and Lex had only known each other for a short time, and he knew this. Therefore, he was not sure whether Lex had deceived him because of his good acting skills.
The tone of the man opposite him was very normal, and what he said made sense. Clark couldn't help but hesitate a little. He was wondering, if Lex was really a liar, would there be more people who let him roam the manor?
Ordinary people are at risk?
He hesitated for a while, and finally decided to go upstairs. Clark felt that it would be okay to take a look as the man said. Even if there was a trap waiting for him there, he should be able to get out of it.
With this thought in mind, he went up the stairs and walked through the corridor to the reception room. The reception room was still in a mess. The cold wind blew into the room from the broken windows. Amidst the howling of the cold wind, Clark walked to the door of the bathroom.
He turned the doorknob and opened the door.
The first thing his keen senses caught was the strong and disgusting smell of blood. Then, a corpse with its arms cut off came into view, with a saw thrown on the ground next to it.
Just when Clark covered his mouth and wanted to retching, he heard footsteps outside the door of the reception room.
He turned around and saw Lex walking in... and the blood on his trousers.